Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 February 2016

On parade

Look who we bumped into!
Yes, the 95th Rifles.

The Madwoman was disappointed to see that Sean Bean was
conspicuous by his absence.
All the nice girls love a sailor tra la ...
But I'm a boy.
And they're soldiers.
No idea what they're queuing for: can't see a sucking pig anywhere.
 

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Salve!

The Romans have invaded yet again ...
when we arrived at the Chiltern Open Air museum this weekend a whole vicus was
in the process of setting up.
  
The Madwoman was much taken by this funerary image ...

 And this is Penny Hill, all the way from the National Museum of Wales, who painted it.
We liked Penny.
Although the Madwoman said it was just sausage love.
Cheek. As if we could be bought so cheaply.

We found a few soldiers strolling around too.
Wearing very short skirts.
We had to modestly avert our gaze when the wind started blowing ...